Cancerously

/ˈkænsərəsli/ adverb

In a manner that is cancerous, spreading destructively like cancer, or relating to a malignant disease.

From 'cancerous' (adjective) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly'. The base 'cancerous' derives from Latin 'cancer' and came into medical English by the 1600s.

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